Dinteranthus

Dinteranthus is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It occurs in the arid northwestern parts of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa and the south-eastern parts of Namibia.^[1]

Dinteranthus
A flowering Dintheranthus wilmotianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Subfamily:	Ruschioideae
Tribe:	Ruschieae
Genus:	Dinteranthus Schwantes
Type species
Dinteranthus microspermus

Description

The plants are mesembs, and resemble those genera within the family Aizoaceae to which they are most closely related; namely Lithops, Lapidaria and Schwantesia, although they require even less water and have a distinctive keel along the lower leaf surface.

The genus name of Dinteranthus is in honour of Kurt Dinter (1868–1945), a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa and the Greek word 'anthos' meaning flower.^[2]

Species

Dinteranthus contains the following accepted species:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Dinteranthus inexpectatus (Dinter) Schwantes	Namibia
	Dinteranthus microspermus (Dinter & Derenberg) Schwantes	Namibia
	Dinteranthus pole-evansii (N.E.Br.) Schwantes	Cape Provinces
	Dinteranthus puberulus N.E.Br.	Cape Provinces
	Dinteranthus vallis-mariae (Dinter & Schwantes) B.Fearn	Namibia.
	Dinteranthus vanzylii (L.Bolus) Schwantes	Cape Provinces
	Dinteranthus wilmotianus L.Bolus	Cape Provinces